#87237C#87237C

#87237C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.168 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87237C
RGB	rgb(135, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(307, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(307, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 8.1%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 51.78, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 58.80, 331.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.96% 0.1493 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(44.96% 0.168 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2309, 7.8094, 19.8227)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87237C #23872E

analogous

#602387 #87237C #87234A

triadic

#87237C #7C8723 #237C87

tetradic

#87237C #876023 #23872E #234A87

square

#87237C #876023 #23872E #234A87

split-complementary

#87237C #4A8723 #238760

monochromatic

#260A23 #56164F #87237C #B830A9 #D252C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#87237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#87237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #87237C

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##87237C	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E467E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44547A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D2D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.168 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad68a2',
    500: '#87237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87237c;
$custom-light: #ad68a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44957,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87237C

secondary

#50B65B

accent

#E25746

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF3

border

#D0C6CD

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #87237C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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